diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
index b5a53e118564e8e31eb8a9b5a36b8080851ae7e4..26c436abac77d95db0ce7e07a6bdbd16a5b184dd 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.c
@@ -103,13 +103,13 @@ struct evlist *perf_evlist__new_dummy(void)
 }
 
 /**
- * perf_evlist__set_id_pos - set the positions of event ids.
+ * evlist__set_id_pos - set the positions of event ids.
  * @evlist: selected event list
  *
  * Events with compatible sample types all have the same id_pos
  * and is_pos.  For convenience, put a copy on evlist.
  */
-void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist)
+void evlist__set_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *first = evlist__first(evlist);
 
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist)
 	evlist->is_pos = first->is_pos;
 }
 
-static void perf_evlist__update_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist)
+static void evlist__update_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist)
 {
 	struct evsel *evsel;
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel)
 		evsel__calc_id_pos(evsel);
 
-	perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
+	evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 }
 
 static void evlist__purge(struct evlist *evlist)
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ void evlist__add(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *entry)
 	perf_evlist__add(&evlist->core, &entry->core);
 
 	if (evlist->core.nr_entries == 1)
-		perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
+		evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 }
 
 void evlist__remove(struct evlist *evlist, struct evsel *evsel)
@@ -1275,7 +1275,7 @@ int evlist__open(struct evlist *evlist)
 			goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	perf_evlist__update_id_pos(evlist);
+	evlist__update_id_pos(evlist);
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, evsel) {
 		err = evsel__open(evsel, evsel->core.cpus, evsel->core.threads);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
index 14bf7e2f9c0ef3105c2b9f3a1631a9d5f5361988..85da0c443ae61b8d51092cbd338a15e43a934ecf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/evlist.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void evlist__close(struct evlist *evlist);
 
 struct callchain_param;
 
-void perf_evlist__set_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist);
+void evlist__set_id_pos(struct evlist *evlist);
 void perf_evlist__config(struct evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 			 struct callchain_param *callchain);
 int record_opts__config(struct record_opts *opts);
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/record.c b/tools/perf/util/record.c
index 7330407db4ba1f2c55f43646e7b4854c59694f52..220b9910427bb0d39a8e34e3d5ed88d846a172c8 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/record.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/record.c
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ void perf_evlist__config(struct evlist *evlist, struct record_opts *opts,
 			evsel__set_sample_id(evsel, use_sample_identifier);
 	}
 
-	perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
+	evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 }
 
 static int get_max_rate(unsigned int *rate)
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/sideband_evlist.c b/tools/perf/util/sideband_evlist.c
index 9c04c71dbf51fc483f6a3da863a3c035f9886f70..13f387b76456559a224e3ed7c1ae572e5925e3d0 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/sideband_evlist.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/sideband_evlist.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ int evlist__start_sb_thread(struct evlist *evlist, struct target *target)
 		evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter)
 			evsel__set_sample_id(counter, can_sample_identifier);
 
-		perf_evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
+		evlist__set_id_pos(evlist);
 	}
 
 	evlist__for_each_entry(evlist, counter) {